1973–74 FC Basel season

The 1973–74 season was Fussball Club Basel 1893's 80th season in their existence. It was their 28th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football after their promotion the season 1945–46. They played their home games in the St. Jakob Stadium.

Overview

Helmut Benthaus was first team manager. This was his eighth season as manager. The Nationalliga A season 1973–74 was contested under 14 teams. Zürich won the championship 12 points ahead of Grasshopper Club, 13 ahead of the Servette and FC Winterthur. Basel finished in fifth position. They won 13 of their 26 league games, drew three and lost ten games. They scored a total of 57 goals conceding 39. Ottmar Hitzfeld was joint leagues top goal scorer with Ove Grahn of Lausanne-Sports both with 18 league goals. Basels second top scorer was Walter Balmer who managed 11 league goals.

Basel's highest scoring game was in the 24th round on 8 May 1974 as they beat Lausanne-Sports 8–2 in the Stade olympique de la Pontaise. Karl Odermatt scored the first two goals in the 5th and the 11th minute, Ottmar Hitzfeld added the next two in the 15th and 17th minute before Walter Mundschin added the next two in the 20th and 25th Minute. A penalty goal by Müller pulled one back for Lausanne-Sport, but despite this Basel led 6–1 at half time. Hitzfeld scored his personal third goal in the 57th minute and in the 75th Markus Tanner netted the final goal of the game. Roger Piccand scored Lausannes second in the 71st minute.^[1]

In the Swiss Cup Basel played the round of 32 on 22 September 1973 away against Biel-Bienne in the Gurzelen Stadion and in the round of 16 on 6 October 1973 again away against Mendrisiostar. The quarter-finals were two leged fixtures. The first leg played on 31 October 1973 in Stade Tourbillon was a 1–0 defeat against Sion. The second leg played on 4 November 1973 in the St. Jakob Stadium ended in a 2–2 draw, thus Sion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Players

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Marcel Kunz
		GK	Jean-Paul Laufenburger
		GK	Jean Müller
		DF	Paul Fischli
		DF	Josef Kiefer
		DF	René Hasler
		DF	Walter Mundschin
		DF	Jörg Stohler
		MF	Otto Demarmels
		MF	Walter Geisser
		MF	Roland Paolucci
		MF	Felix Tschudin

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Arthur von Wartburg
		MF	Karl Odermatt
		MF	Bruno Rahmen
		MF	Peter Ramseier
		MF	Rudolf Wampfler
		MF	Heinz Schönbeck
		FW	Walter Balmer
		FW	Markus Tanner
		FW	Ottmar Hitzfeld
		FW	Rolf Riner
		FW	Teófilo Cubillas
		FW	Peter Wenger

Results

Nationalliga

Main article: 1973–74 Nationalliga A

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	Remarks
1	FC Zürich	26	20	5	1	67	20	45	Champions
2	Grasshopper Club Zürich	26	12	9	5	41	27	33
3	Servette FC Genève	26	12	8	6	49	35	32
4	FC Winterthur	26	13	6	7	42	29	32
5	FC Basel	26	13	3	10	57	39	29
6	BSC Young Boys	26	10	8	8	52	38	28
7	Neuchâtel Xamax	26	10	6	10	38	38	26
8	Lausanne Sports	26	9	8	9	45	48	26
9	FC St. Gallen	26	10	5	11	38	48	25
10	FC Sion	26	5	12	9	24	31	22
11	CS Chênois	26	7	8	11	30	48	22
12	FC Lugano	26	4	9	13	20	44	17
13	FC La Chaux-de-Fonds	26	3	10	13	28	51	16	Relegated
14	FC Chiasso	26	2	7	17	18	53	11	Relegated

Swiss Cup

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Round of 32

22 September 1973	Biel-Bienne	1 – 2	Basel	Gurzelen Stadion, Biel/Bienne

Round of 16

6 October 1973	Mendrisiostar	1 – 4	Basel	Centro Sportivo Comunale, Mendrisio

Quarter-final

31 October 1973 First leg	Sion	1 – 0	Basel	Stade Tourbillon, Sion

4 November 1973 Second leg	Basel	2 – 2	Sion	St. Jakob Stadium, Basel

Sion won 3–2 on aggregate.

Swiss League Cup

Main article: 1973 Swiss League Cup

Round of 16	Neuchâtel Xamax	4 – 1	Basel	Stade de la Maladière, Neuchâtel

European Cup

Main article: 1973–74 European Cup

First round

18 September 1973 First leg	Basel	5 – 0	Fram	Basel
	Cubillas 2' Balmer 21', 85' Hasler 75' Demarmels 88'	Report		Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

20 September 1973 Second leg	Fram	2 – 6	Basel	Olten
	Leifsson 52' Elíasson 78'	Report	Tanner 4', 56' Cubillas 24' Geirsson 39' (o.g.) Wampfler 60' Stohler 66' (pen.)	Stadium: Kleinholz

Basel won 11–2 on aggregate.

Second round

24 October 1973 First leg	Club Brugge	2 – 1	Basel	Sint-Andries, Bruges
	Carteus 7' Thio 60' (pen.)	Report	Odermatt 39' (pen.)	Stadium: Jan Breydel Stadium

7 November 1973 Second leg	Basel	6 – 4	Club Brugge	Basel
	Rüssmann 19' (o.g.) Balmer 31' Wampfler 37' Hitzfeld 63' (pen.), 70', 87'	Report	Lambert 23', 46' (pen.), 68' Carteus 28'	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

Basel won 7–6 on aggregate.

Quarter-final

27 February 1974 First leg	FC Basel	3 – 2	Celtic	Basel
	Hitzfeld 28', 64' (pen.) Odermatt 31'	Report	Wilson 21' Dalglish 57'	Stadium: St. Jakob Stadium

20 March 1974 Second leg	Celtic	4 – 2 (aet)	FC Basel	Glasgow
	Dalglish 14' Deans 18' Callaghan 62' Murray 114'	Report	Mundschin 33' Balmer 48'	Stadium: Celtic Park

Celtic won 6–5 on aggregate.

Coppa delle Alpi

Main article: Cup of the Alps

Group B

round 1	Stade de Reims	4 – 1	Basel

round 2	Basel	3 – 1	Stade de Reims	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

round 3	Strasbourg	1 – 1	Basel

round 4	Basel	2 – 0	Strasbourg	St. Jakob Stadium Basel

NB: teams did not play compatriots

Group table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	(B)
1	Servette	4	3	0	1	10	6	7	1
2	Stade de Reims	4	2	0	2	9	9	6	2
3	Basel	4	2	1	1	7	6	5
4	Strasbourg	4	0	1	3	3	8	1

NB: 1 bonus point awarded for victory by 3 or more goals

Sources and References

Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2015/2016. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2050-4
Switzerland 1973–74 at RSSSF
Swiss League Cup at RSSSF
Cup of the Alps 1973 at RSSSF

↑ Zindel, Josef (2016). Rotblau Match: Nr.7 2016/2017. FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2027-6.

External links

FC Basel official site

FC Basel

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